Bird Rising

Commander / EDH BR (Rakdos) Phoenix Sacrifice Theme/Gimmick

General_Fist

Creature (23)

• 1x Adaptive Automaton
• 1x Akoum Firebird
• 1x Ashcloud Phoenix
• 1x Bloodline Pretender
• 1x Chainer, Nightmare Adept
• 1x Firewing Phoenix
• 1x Flame-Wreathed Phoenix
• 1x Graveshifter
• 1x Immortal Phoenix
• 1x Kuldotha Phoenix
• 1x Lightning Phoenix
• 1x Magma Phoenix
• 1x Metallic Mimic
• 1x Pitiless Plunderer
• 1x Rekindling Phoenix
• 1x Shard Phoenix
• 1x Skarrgan Firebird
• 1x Skyfire Phoenix
• 1x Species Specialist
• 1x Sunstreak Phoenix
• 1x Syr Konrad, the Grim
• 1x Taurean Mauler
• 1x Warcry Phoenix

Instant (6)

• 1x Bedevil
• 1x Chaos Warp
• 1x Hurl Through Hell
• 1x Rakdos Charm
• 1x Tibalt's Trickery
• 1x Valakut Awakening  ^Flip

Artifact (15)

• 1x Arcane Signet
• 1x Ashnod's Altar
• 1x Blackblade Reforged
• 1x Bolas's Citadel
• 1x Coat of Arms
• 1x Desecrated Tomb
• 1x Door of Destinies
• 1x Herald's Horn
• 1x Phyrexian Altar
• 1x Rakdos Signet
• 1x Sol Ring
• 1x Talisman of Indulgence
• 1x Thought Vessel
• 1x Vanquisher's Banner
• 1x Whip of Erebos

Enchantment (12)

• 1x Attrition
• 1x Dictate of Erebos
• 1x Fiery Emancipation
• 1x Goblin Bombardment
• 1x Grave Pact
• 1x Leyline of the Void
• 1x Revel in Riches
• 1x Sneak Attack
• 1x The Meathook Massacre
• 1x Tortured Existence
• 1x War Cadence
• 1x Warstorm Surge

Commander (1)

Land (36)

• 1x Blood Crypt
• 1x Command Tower
• 1x Dragonskull Summit
• 1x Evolving Wilds
• 1x Fabled Passage
• 1x Luxury Suite
• 13x Mountain
• 1x Myriad Landscape
• 1x Reliquary Tower
• 1x Smoldering Marsh
• 11x Swamp
• 1x Tainted Peak
• 1x Terramorphic Expanse
• 1x Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

Sorcery (7)

• 1x Buried Alive
• 1x Damnation
• 1x Feed the Swarm
• 1x Haunting Voyage
• 1x Patriarch's Bidding
• 1x Torment of Hailfire
• 1x Toxic Deluge

Maybeboard

Artifact (4)

• 1x Aetherflux Reservoir
• 1x Obelisk of Urd
• 1x Vedalken Orrery
• 1x Vorpal Sword

Sorcery (3)

• 1x Demonic Tutor
• 1x Diabolic Tutor
• 1x Grim Tutor

Instant (1)

• 1x Vampiric Tutor

Enchantment (3)

• 1x Black Market
• 1x Open the Graves
• 1x Wound Reflection

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Phoenix Tribal(somewhat) It has 1 combo, but the deck wants to focus around replaying Phoenixes & using our commander to burn key targets.

Targets for Buried Alive - Skarrgan Firebird, Shard Phoenix, Magma Phoenix & Firewing Phoenix are all good options.

Combo

Immortal Phoenix + Phyrexian Altar + Sneak Attack + any of these to win on the spot (The Meathook Massacre, Warstorm Surge or Syr Konrad, the Grim)

Step 1. Sacrifice Immortal Phoenix to Phyrexian Altar getting 1 Red Mana.

Step 2. Immortal Phoenix returns to our hand, then we use Sneak Attack ability to return Immortal Phoenix back to the battlefield using our 1 Red Mana.

Step 3. Repeat with any of the listed cards above to eliminate the rest of the table.

To get infinite tokens, mana & draw with this combo use these cards (Desecrated Tomb, Pitiless Plunderer, Species Specialist)

Replace some sorceries for some tutors if you are wanting to pull off the combo more reliably.

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Date added	1 week
Last updated	2 days
Exclude colors	WUG
Legality	This deck is Commander / EDH legal.
Rarity (main - side)	12 - 0 Mythic Rares 42 - 0 Rares 18 - 0 Uncommons 4 - 0 Commons
Cards	100
Avg. CMC	3.62
Tokens	Bat 1/1 B, Elemental 0/1 R, Morph 2/2 C, Treasure
Folders	Uncategorized, X - EDH Inspiration - ANIMAL TRIBALS, 6) Cool deck ideas